Due to a record increase in the number, quality and breadth of submissions to the Conference Advisory Board, the organizers of 8th Cloud Expo (June 6-9, 2011) - Cloud Expo New York 2011 - have extended the technical program through the addition of an all-new "Telcos in the Cloud" track - to complement the already extensive selection of tracks, including "Enterprise-Level Cloud Computing," "Federal/Government Cloud Computing," "Real-World Virtualization,"Cloud Security & Performance," "The Cloud in Practice: Case Studies," and the always-popular "Hot Topics" track.

Because the sheer quantity and quality of submitted sessions has outstripped the ability to assess each one fully and fairly - there have been a staggering 1,300 submissions thus far, for just 150 or so slots - the deadline for submitting speaking proposals to the conference is also being extended too, until January 31, 2011.

As always this extensive technical program will again be complemented by a significant supplementary program of Special Events, including Cloud Computing Bootcamp, CloudCamp @ CloudExpo, and the RightScale User Conference 2011.

Cloud Expo does not encourage or accept presentations promoting a particular product - but for breakout sessions, good case studies with transferable lessons are always welcome.

Topics already submitted include:

Cloud Enablement

Bringing Chargeback to the Cloud

Consumption-Based Billing

Java in the Cloud

Cloud-Based Compliance

Cloud Federation and Intercloud

Virtual Private SaaS (VPS)

Hardware as a Service

SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS

Green IT

Application Portability

Automation

High-Performance Computing

Cloudsourcing

Grid Software

Cloud-Delivered Testing

Cloud Lock-in vs. Cloud Interoperability

Web-scale Computing

In-Cloud Data Encryption

Cloud-Delivered Security

Cloud Reliability

Cloud Serviceability and Architecture

Elastic Computing

Secure Cloud Computing

Cloud Management

Cloud Databases

Private vs. Public Clouds

Cloud Computing & SOA

Scalability

Internal Clouds

Cloud Analytics

Cloud Computing & SMBs

Cloud Applications

Enterprise Cloud Orchestration

Fabric Computing

Eclipse & Cloud Computing

HPC in the Cloud

Cloudbursting

Multi-Cloud World

Cloud Internetworking

Compliance in the Cloud

Virtual Private Inter-Cloud

SPECIAL FOCUS: Telcos in the Cloud - Submissions still welcome on all related topics including:

Carrier-Grade Clouds

Cloud Communications for the Enterprise

Voice Mashups

Hosted VOIP Services

Using the Speech Cloud

Ideal candidates are infrastructure experts who have first-hand experience in the development or implementation of cloud services. Cloud Expo strongly discourages submissions from marketing personnel with limited or no ability to speak real-time to advanced technical questions in open Q&A such as is certain from any Cloud Expo audience.

If you have something substantive, challenging, and original to offer, you are encouraged to submit a proposal. In the proposal, please highlight previous speaking engagements. Please provide at least three references with respect to speaking ability, as well as contact information that will allow us to reach you to evaluate presentation skills. Past speakers do not need to provide references.

Benefits of Being a Member of the Cloud Expo Faculty

Speakers will receive unprecedented visibility in pre-conference promotion in print and online. They will also receive exposure via the accompanying Cloud Computing Expo 2011 East conference portal for many months prior to and following the conference.

Jeremy Geelan is Chairman & CEO of the 21st Century Internet Group, Inc. and an Executive Academy Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Formerly he was President & COO at Cloud Expo, Inc. and Conference Chair of the worldwide Cloud Expo series. He appears regularly at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences across six continents. You can follow him on twitter: @jg21.

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